/**
 * Copyright (C) 2010 Cloudfarming <info@cloudfarming.nl>
 *
 * Licensed under the Eclipse Public License - v 1.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *         http://www.eclipse.org/legal/epl-v10.html
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
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 */

package nl.cloudfarming.client.sensor;

import java.io.File;
import nl.cloudfarming.client.model.SensorData;

/**
 *
 * @author Timon Veenstra
 */
public interface SensorProcessorProvider {

  /**
     * Array with supported extentions, is shown in open file dialog
     * @return
     */
    String[] getSupportedExtentions();

    /**
     * return true if file format is supported for processinfg by this processor
     *
     * @param sensorFile
     * @return
     */
    boolean isSupported(File sensorFile);

    /**
     * returns true if sensor datafile is valid for processing
     *
     * @param sensorFile
     * @return
     */
    boolean isValid(File sensorFile);

    /**
     * 
     * @param sensorFile
     * @return
     */
    SensorProcessor<? extends SensorData> getProcessor(File sensorFile);

   /**
     * localized description of supported formats
     *
     * for example:
     *
     * "Cropcircle data (*.csv; *.txt)"
     *
     * @return
     */
    String getFormatDescription();
}
